Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nov 21, 2009



Cars in the Mtn Equip Co-op parking garage.



Made this drawing of Vancouver, BC Place Stadium and the revolving restaurant on top of the SFU tower from the parking garage, looking north to the city and the mountains.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Draw something every day, it will do you a world of good.



Blind contour drawing, don't look at the paper as you draw. Hard not to peek.



Marker drawing. Makes you concentrate on the main shapes and not get lost in the details. Nice dark black lines.

Saw this recently.
He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes.
He who does not ask is a fool forever.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Power Poles, Port Moody, BC



Drew this fot the urban sketchers discussion group weekly project which is power poles.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

False Creek, vancouver



Looking across False Creek to the condos in Yaletown, Vancouver. Following my usual policy of rushing out the door, jumping on my horse and riding off in all directions, I am drawing with a marker (today).

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Langley Townhouses




Langley BC has gone from rural to pretty urban in recent years. Sat in a coffee shop and drew these townhouses with my neat new pen, a Sakura SumoGrip II gel 05, waterproof ink etc. Maybe I draw just so I can cruise the art supply stores.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Port Moody



Port Moody BC Canada has a new condo village, retail stores on the ground floor, residences in the high rise above. Very convenient place to live/